Hipsy's View

Ok, I don't mean to seem obsessed with this Illiad topic, but I couldn't resist this one. My mother and I were talking about it just the other day, and I just can't get it out of my head. So maybe writing it down may help. Now I know of two versions of how Paris brought Helen to Troy: 1) He brought her by force and so the Greeks were fighting to save her. And 2) Helen went on her own accord with Paris because she loved him. But after reading Book IV of the Odyssey , I saw Helen seemed quite faithful to Menelaus. This brings me to a possible third way of Helen's reason of leaving Sparta for Troy: We know that Aphrodite promised Paris the most fairest and beautiful woman on earth if he chose her as the most beautiful goddess and not Hera or Athena. We also know Paris took Aphrodite's offer. Here's how I see: Helen may have loved Menelaus, and was happy. Aphrodite saw Helen was the most beautiful and fairest woman considered on earth, but also noticed...

Note: This blog contains spoilers to the movie Troy and the epic poems The Illiad and the Aeneid . If you have not seen the movie or read the poems, and do not want to know the endings or any specific details, I advise you not to read this. But if you don't mind, then carry on and read my blog. Most of us have seen the movie Troy , which is based on Homer's epic poem The Illiad , and know how it ends: The Greeks invade Troy by hiding in a wooden horse, which was a false offering of peace to the Trojans and was brought into to the city; Briseis killed Agamemnon; Paris, Helen, Hector's wife and child, Priam, and many other Trojans escaped the attack by a hidden door in the palace; and Achilles is killed by an arrow shot through his tendon (the one named after him). But when reading The Illiad , we see none of this; instead, we see the burial of Hector. The ending of Troy is more based on what is read in the Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil.  But instead of seeing the e...

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